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Im 37 wks 1 day and for the past 3 days I've been having one contraction a day. I know they aren't BH because it starts in my back and meets in the middle of my stomach, it takes my breath away, makes me feel nauseous, and change of position doesn't help. I was at my DRs yesterday and he said things look fine, im thinning out and only 1 1/2 centimeters dilated. I was wondering how long you moms experienced one contraction a day before things progressed? Thanks!

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I am pregnant with my fourth and having the same problems, just try to keep the contractions going! I was given the advise to stay upright as much as possible as gravity can help bring your baby down and keep you dilating. Are you dilated at all? If it is becoming unbareable some Drs will perform a membrane sweep to help get you started. Good luck!

you took the words right out of my mouth! My hips ache terribly all night long and if I lay on my back I can not breathe at all.. The only thing I have found to ease it a bit is laying on my left side with a boppy pillow between my knees which helps my back a bit too!

With my first I was induced because of pre eclampsia so when I first had a contraction it freaked me out. I'm dilated to about 1 1/2 and went up to L an D this morning for blood work as my BP was high and I have a migraine I can't get rid of since yesterday at lunch time. I love being pregnant and know he needs to stay in there for as long as possible but I'm just so miserable lately. My hips hurt when I sleep on them, my vagina feels like its been kicked. My swelling is unbearable and I'm so hot anymore! I'm not sure how much more I can take. Lol

I didn't feel any contractions until it was time. I was 100% efaced and 2 centimeters dilated at my last apt with my first one (only one that came naturally). The following Monday I thought I was leaking and the dr sent me to L&D (I was 38 wks 7 days) and they said I was contracting every 8 minutes. I thought they were crazy. I felt nothing. Now, with my last one I would get back cramps, but it wasn't a contraction. It would show up some days and not others..for probably 3 weeks. I was induced a week early for other issues.

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